On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Philip Blundell wrote:
> Well, you could put the syscall number in R12 or something, and do the args
> precisely as they are done at the moment. As I mentioned, this is the route I
> plan to take for Thumb, partly because the comment field is too small to be of
> any real use and partly because it seems like a generally better plan with the
> current state of the world.
I'm wondering if you considered this option for Thumb: In the instruction
slot immediately following the SWI, place a 16-bit comment field. Then
have the SWI handler step over it to return to the instruction slot
following the extra comment field. How would that stack up? Just a
thought.
Cheers,
- Ben.
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